“He lived 10,000 years aware that if he hid in the shadows he would die, and if he thrived he would alter the future. And yet he persevered, all in an effort to make it back to us, to his family, to his beloved wife.”

While it may seem like an incredible adventure, the story imagines the horrifying ordeal this doomed time traveler would endure:

“The man was changed. His physical body may not have aged, but his soul did. He had seen the rise of civilization and every awful war and tragedy our species had ever committed.”